ML022400161

8/22/02 - Summary of Meeting with Cooper Nuclear Station

ML022400161
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	08/26/2002
From:	Kennedy K NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To:	Denise Wilson Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-8064 AUG 2 6 2002 David L. Wilson, Vice President of Nuclear Energy Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, Nebraska 68321

SUMMARY

OF MEETING WITH COOPER NUCLEAR STATION

Dear Mr. Wilson:

This refers to the meeting conducted at Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska, on August 22, 2002. The purpose of this meeting was to present the results of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's supplemental inspection conducted at Cooper Nuclear Station to Nebraska Public Power District. The attendance list and the NRC's and Nebraska Public Power District's presentation slides are enclosed.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.qov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely, Kriss M. Kennedy Team Leader Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-298 License: DPR-46

Enclosures:

1. Attendance List

2. NRC Presentation Slides

3. NPPD Presentation Slides

Nebraska Public Power District Michael T. Coyle Site Vice President Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, Nebraska 68321 John R. McPhail, General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 499 Columbus, Nebraska 68602-0499 D. F. Kunsemiller, Risk and Regulatory Affairs Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, Nebraska 68321 Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8922 Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, Nebraska 68305 Sue Semerena, Section Administrator Nebraska Health and Human Services System Division of Public Health Assurance Consumer Services Section 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5007 Ronald A. Kucera, Deputy Director for Public Policy Department of Natural Resources 205 Jefferson Street Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Jerry Uhlmann, Director State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Nebraska Public Power District Vick L. Cooper, Chief Radiation Control Program, RCP Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, Kansas 66612-1366 Daniel K. McGhee Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health 401 SW 7th Street, Suite D Des Moines, Iowa 50309 William R. Mayben, President and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, Nebraska 68601

ENCLOSURE 1 MEETING ATTENDANCE LIST

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ENCLOSURE 2 NRC PRESENTATION SLIDES

NRC Personnel SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION EXIT MEETING Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV Director Division of Reactor Safety Chief, Branch F Division of Reactor Projects Senior Resident Inspector Cooper Nuclear Station Resident Inspector Cooper Nuclear Station Elmo Collins Kriss Kennedy Scott Schwind Steve Cochrum NPPD Introduction Meeting Guidelines Meeting with Licensee Inform Public of Inspection Results

10) NRC Meeting Guidelines

"* Registration Table

"* Questions and Answers

"* Handouts

"* Feedback Forms

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Meeting Agenda

"* Cooper Performance

"* Purpose of Inspection

"* Conduct of Inspection

"* Results of Inspection

"* NPPD Response

"* Questions and Answers 1

2 Cooper Performance

"* Declining performance 2000 - 2002

"* Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column of Action Matrix - April 2002

"* Required Actions NPPD develop performance improvement plan with NRC oversight NRC conduct supplemental inspection Action Matrix

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Breadth and depth of safety, organizational, programmatic, and performance issues Acceptability of continued operation Need for additional regulatory action to arrest declining performance

"* Assess adequacy of corrective action program

"* Assess performance in Reactor Safety Strategic Performance Area Conduct of Inspection

"* 13-member team from 3 NRC Regions and Headquarters

"* Over 200 years nuclear experience

"* Three weeks onsite inspection

"* Five weeks in Region IV office Conduct of Inspection

• Determined extent of condition of performance issues Reviewed major internal and external performance assessments conducted at Cooper since 1993 Conducted independent inspection of current plant performance in operations, maintenance, engineering, emergency preparedness, corrective action program, and human performance Conduct of Inspection

• Assessed adequacy of improvement plan in addressing plant performance issues

- Process

- Problem characterization

- Adequacy of improvement plan

- Implementation process

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Results

"* Cooper Nuclear Station is being operated safely

"* Long-standing performance issues have eroded the margin of safety

- Effectiveness of corrective action program

- Equipment reliability

- Human performance

- Work planning and implementation

- Plant engineering

- Training

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Results

"* Process for developing improvement plan was not systematic

"* Majority of performance issues were appropriately characterized

"* Steps in over half of the action plans provided insufficient detail to assess effectiveness in improving performance Results

• Some long-standing performance deficiencies were not addressed by the improvement plan

- Equipment reliability

- Adequacy of operability determinations

- Adequacy of plant modification packages

- Management of replacement parts

- Utilization of lessons learned from industry operating experience

- Ineffective use of equipment trend data to improve reliability Results

- Development and use of departmental performance indicators

- Development and alignment of organizational priorities

- Lack of organizational depth in implementing engineering programs

- Entry of self-assessment results into the corrective action program

- Formal written station expectations for accountability and ownership

- Lack of coordination and integration among site organizations (id'd by CNS as action plan to be submitted with Revision 2)

Results

• Many action plans had ineffective or undeveloped performance indicators and measures

• Actions identified by CNS as not being completed prior to submission of Rev I

- Resources required to implement improvement plan were not identified

- Schedule for completion of steps not meaningful

- Actions in the improvement plan were not prioritized Results

• Initial implementation of some action items were ineffective

- Efforts to improve quality of root cause evaluations

- Management observation program

- Efforts to improve quality of operability determinations

- Implementation of integrated site activity scheduling tool

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-011 Summary

"* Cooper Nuclear Station is being operated safely

"* Lack of rigor in process

"* Representative sample of performance issues identified

"* Substantial weaknesses in corrective action plans

"* Little work done to effectively implement the improvement plan V

NRC Oversight

• Continue to implement the baseline inspection program

• Evaluate adequacy of Revision 2 of the improvement plan

"* Conduct quarterly inspections of progress in implementing the improvement plan

"* Conduct quarterly public meetings to discuss progress NPPD RESPONSE CLOSING REMARKS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ENCLOSURE 3 NPPD PRESENTATION SLIDES

1 Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station NRC Public Exit Meeting 95003 Inspection August 22, 2002 Agenda

• Introduction - Dave Wilson, Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer

+Keeping Cooper Safe -

Jim Hutton, Plant Manager

+Strategic Improvement - Mike Coyle, Site Vice President

• Closing Remarks - Bill Mayben & Dave Wilson Introduction (cont'd)

• We Have an Improvement Strategy -

The Strategic Improvement Plan (TIP)

• We Are Committed to Improving Our Performance

• Actions Underway Will Keep Cooper Safe Keeping Cooper Safe

• Conduct of Operations

+Equipment Performance & Reliability

+Emergency Preparedness

• Corrective Action Program Strategic Improvement

• Objectives m Stability

. Consistency

. Follow-through

+Strategic Actions

• A good foundation for improvement in TIP Revision 1

• TIP Revision 2 is under development

• Performance Monitoring Will Ensure Long-Term Effectiveness

2 TIP Revision 2 - Improvements

+Ongoing Improvement Actions

"* Prioritization and Ranking of Actions

"* Resource Estimates, Plans & Schedules

"* Management Team Ownership

"* Integration of Improvement Actions Summary

+Issues Understood

+Comprehensive Actions

• Resource Estimates, Plans, and Schedules

+Performance Monitoring

+Industry Experience and Standards